The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 20, 1929
Waning Gibbous
94.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:07 PM
9:10 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.0%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 84
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 208.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.2° / 327.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 31m / 20.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.34° / 1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.49° / -0.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.34° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.